Jean Afanassieff
Directing
February 17, 1953
Died January 10, 2015 (61 years old)
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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Acting Credits
13
Directed
Biography
Jean Afanassieff, born February 17, 1953 born in Paris and died in the same city on January 10, 2015, is a French mountaineer and director of Russian origin, considered one of the best climbers of his generation. On October 15, 1978, he was one of the first French people to reach the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Nicolas Jaeger Accompanied by the Austrian Kurt Diemberger, altitude cameraman. Grandson of the Russian emigration of 1917, having fled Crimea, son of Igor Afanassieff eng...
Known For
Filmography
Eric Escoffier, la Fureur de Vivre
2019
as Self
10
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
2008
as Self
10
When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
2000
as Self
10
Everest At Any Cost
1999
as Self
10
The Death Zone
1996
as Self
10
Faces Nord
1987
as Self
10
Qomolangma
1984
as Self
Himalaya - 8000 mètres sans oxygène
1984
as Self
Everest 78, or the French on top of the world
1978
as Self
10
Death of a Guide
1975
as Guide de Haute-Montagne
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